Crowded Field for Bringing Web Video to TVs — If you want to watch Internet video on most televisions, you need a gadget that pulls it in. And a growing number of technology companies want to sell it to you. — Start-ups and tech giants alike are offering what they say are easy ways …

Free of Freemium, Things Are Starting To Look Up At Ning — Ning, provider of on-demand social communities, has recently been one of Silicon Valley's most interesting companies. Five months ago the company announced the sudden exit of chief executive Gina Bianchini, eventually gave …

Fraudsters Drain PayPal Accounts Through iTunes — Reports are appearing this morning about a major security hole in iTunes accounts linked to PayPal. At least one group of scammers has found a way to charge thousands of dollars to iTunes accounts through PayPal.

Mac enterprise sales surged in June — Apple scored its biggest gains in government, big business and the European home market — Click to enlarge. Source: Needham, IDC — Given the Mac's tiny share of the worldwide PC market — roughly 3.5% as of June — Apple (AAPL) has a lot of room to grow.

Chrome's bundled Flash results in much faster update — Chrome's bundling of Flash resulted in a dramatic drop of out-of-date users after the latest update, according to our stats. — On Aug 10, 2010, Adobe released a security update for Flash. On the same day, Chrome shipped …

You Can Block Any Facebook User Except Mark Zuckerberg — The title of this post kind of says it all. As pointed out by blockzuck.com, you can block anyone on Facebook except CEO Mark Zuckerberg. If you try to do it (we did), you'll get a message saying “General Block failed error: Block failed.”

Samsung Galaxy Tab seen in the wild [video] — Electronista today had the opportunity to spy a Samsung Galaxy Tab in live testing in Sydney, Australia. The device, spotted in the hands of an anonymous telco worker at a train station, matches up with the official description of a seven-inch, 3G-capable Android tablet.

LG E900 Windows Phone 7 smartphone caught on camera — The oddest things show up on youtube, such as this video of the LG E900, the keyboard-less version of the LG C900, likely destined for Europe. — The handset looks relatively sleek, but still could do with a bit more dazzle (possibly a less blurry video would help).

The dirty little secret about Google Android — Google Android began with the greatest of intentions — freedom, openness, and quality software for all. However, freedom always comes with price, and often results in unintended consequences. With Android, one of the most important …

Chatroulette Taken Down. Get Ready For Chatroulette V.2 — Chatroulette, the service that lets strangers meet over video, has been taken down. A message reads “The experiment #1 is over for now. Thanks for participating - Redesigned and updated version of the website will be launched tomorrow.”

Celebrating A Year Of Apple Pondering Google Voice — My, how quickly things change. It wasn't much more than a year ago that Apple and Google were happy partners — at least from the public's perspective — working in tandem to push technology forward at a clipping pace.